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The voice memo graveyard
Hundreds of untitled recordings. No key, no tempo, no context. You can hear the idea, but you are picking it apart by ear to figure out what you actually played.
nootbuk
You made something great two hours ago. Can you get back to it?
Nootbuk records what you play, labels what you played, and keeps your lyrics, production notes, and todos together, synced to every device you use. When you sit down to work, you start where you left off. Not from scratch.
Quick capture
92 · 4/4 · Bass Rec
Note picker · Midi
Off Maj Min 7 m7
Capture surface · MIDI / audio / notes in one idea
Sync
Phone. Laptop. Studio. All in sync.
A lyric hits you on a walk. A chord change comes to you at work. You sit down at the studio on Saturday. Everything you captured and wrote down is already there.
Position
No AI. Your music is yours.
Every music app is adding AI-generated lyrics, AI chord suggestions, and AI transcription. Nootbuk does not generate, suggest, or write anything for you. It captures what you play and makes it easy to get back to. That is it.
The real problem
Your ideas aren't gone. They're just scattered.
You record a rough idea on your phone. You scribble chords in a notebook. You upload a private demo to SoundCloud so you can listen on a drive. You text yourself a lyric. Two weeks later you sit down to produce and spend the first hour just relearning what you played.
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The notebook
A, D, E up to A. 110bpm. That was enough last Tuesday. It is not enough now. And you are not sure which notebook it is in.
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The Google Doc
Lyrics, patch notes, references, arrangement ideas, all dumped into one document because at least it syncs. No structure, no audio, no way to hear what you are reading about.
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The todo list
Mixing notes in Todoist with timestamps you guessed from SoundCloud. You are jumping between three apps to fix one snare hit.
Nootbuk puts all of it in one place. The recording, the chords, the lyrics, the production notes, the todos. On every device. So you stop rebuilding and start building.
How it works
Capture. Read. Build.
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01 / Capture
Record what you are playing. Right now.
Hit record. Play your keyboard, your bass, your whatever. MIDI or audio, captured in seconds. Add a note about the concept if you want. That is it. The idea exists now.
Quick capture92 · 4/4 · BassRecNote picker · MidiOff Maj Min 7 m7 -
02 / Read
A reference you can play from.
The chord chart labels every note and chord in your recording. Timing preserved. Like tabs for anything you play. Sit back down a week later and recreate it from the chart.
Chord chart92 · 4/4 · BassAmFCGAmFCEBars 1–8 · A minor
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03 / Build
Lyrics. Todos. Production notes. One place.
When the idea becomes a song, everything travels with it. Write lyrics on your phone. Timestamp mix notes so you can jump right to the problem. Export to your DAW when you are ready.
Song desk92 · 4/4 · BassNight Drive
Key Am · 92 bpm · Draft
- 2:47 Snare too loud in chorus
- 1:12 Bass drop an octave
- 3:05 Keep the mono accident
Features
What you actually get
Synced everywhere
Phone, laptop, studio machine. Every idea, lyric edit, and production note is there the next time you open it. Most music idea apps are iOS-only. Nootbuk works in any browser.
No AI
No generated lyrics. No chord suggestions. No transcription bots. Nootbuk captures what you play and helps you organize it. Your ideas, your words, your music.
Chord chart
Every note named, every chord identified, timing preserved. A reference you can play from. Hit playback to hear the timing. Recreate the part without guessing.
Timestamped todos
Hear a problem at 2:47? Mark it. Write what needs to change. Back in the studio, tap the timestamp and jump right to it.
Lyrics
One place for your lyrics. Edit on a walk. Read them at the desk while producing. Always the current version.
Your backlog, visible
Every unassigned idea is a potential song. The pool shows what you have not finished yet. Pick one up. Recording, chart, and notes are still there.
Ideas become songs
When an idea is ready, give it a home. Group related ideas. Add lyrics, production notes, timestamped todos. Structure emerges as you work.
DAW plugin
Browse synced ideas from inside Ableton, Logic, or any VST/AU host. Drag audio and MIDI into your session. No export step, no file hunting.
Pricing
Free to start. No card.
Jump into the app and capture something before the spark cools off. Plan limits and prices are shown in the app.
Free
Enough to prove the workflow. Capture ideas, build a few songs, see if it sticks.
Premium
When the backlog grows. Limits, storage, and audio quality as shown in the app.
Pro
For the full studio loop, including the DAW plugin path when you are ready.
Start
You have ideas worth finishing.
Every idea in your voice memo graveyard, in your notebooks, in your head. They are all songs waiting to happen. Nootbuk makes it easy to get back to them.
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